Ujjain, April 2 (IANS) In a renewed push to assert that Indian time calculation is more precise than prevailing Western systems, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will inaugurate a three-day international conference titled ‘Mahakal: The Master of Time’ on Friday, April 3, at the Dongla Digital Planetarium Complex near Ujjain. He will also dedicate the newly constructed Ujjain Science Centre to the public on the occasion.The conference, scheduled from April 3 to 5, aims to create a un…
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Davanagere (Karnataka), April 2 (IANS) Reacting to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s remark likening BJP leaders to “stray bulls”, senior BJP leader and former minister B. Sriramulu on Thursday launched a sharp counterattack, saying that if BJP leaders are like bulls, then Congress leaders are like rodents.He added that Siddaramaiah is surrounded by such people who have lost public trust.Sriramulu said that the Congress has begun to fear defeat in the by-elections to the Davanagere South and B…
Bagalkot, March 28 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday accused the Siddaramaiah‑led government of mismanaging the state’s economy and showing “arrogance” by not attending a meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a press conference in Bagalkot, Bommai alleged that the Siddaramaiah government has earned a “bad name” for damaging the financial system. He said the Congress government had pro…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) India’s rich heritage of fermented foods should be used to reverse the current shift toward ultra‑processed diets that threaten gut health and long‑term public health, Rajiv Gauba, Member, NITI Aayog, said at a probiotic symposium.Gauba, at a symposium organised by Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation, mentioned social media‑driven food choices, changing lifestyles and the rise of quick‑commerce and are distancing people from traditional, nutritional…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The government’s flagship ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme has undergone third-party evaluations twice in 2020 and again in 2025 through NITI Aayog, and studies have found its effectiveness as satisfactory, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur, in reply to a question, said, “The initiatives under BBBP have established an excellent recall value and transformed from a policy initiative into …
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Tuesday that the government plans to establish a new think tank— Delhi Institutional Think Tank (DITI) — on the lines of NITI Aayog, and new semiconductor and drone policies will be introduced to position the city as a hub for advanced technology and manufacturing. During the presentation of Budget 2026-27, the Chief Minister also announced that, to improve governance, 13 mini secretariats will be set up (at a cost o…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) India’s experience shows that integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into state and local planning can boost ownership and speed up progress across sectors, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman K. Bery said on Tuesday.An international workshop on peer learning around Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and SDG implementation pathways began in the national capital, bringing together policymakers, experts and government officials from India and abroad to discuss ways…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday said that India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women under the GARBH‑INi initiative aims to develop indigenous, AI‑driven solutions to prevent preterm births.Singh at an event here, said the study supports creation of AI-based pregnancy dating models tailored for Indian populations, identification of microbiome-based predictors of preterm birth, rapid diagnostic tools, a…
Gandhinagar, March 23 (IANS) Gujarat has achieved 94 per cent of its tuberculosis (TB) detection target set by NITI Aayog and recorded a clinical recovery rate of 91.74 per cent, according to data released by the state health department ahead of World TB Day. Highlighting its progress in the National TB Elimination Campaign, officials said that the state identified and registered 1,31,801 tuberculosis patients in 2025 against a target of 1,40,000.Of these, 1,25,301 patients were placed under act…
Imphal, March 19 (IANS) Tamenglong district in Manipur is gearing up to position itself as a key honey producer in the state, with more than 100 farmers being trained and provided with necessary logistical support under the PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY). Tamenglong is one of the 100 districts selected nationwide under the PMDDKY program and is being modelled on the lines of Aspirational Agricultural districts.Scientific Beekeeping and Breeding techniques have been adopted in the f…